Conditions:Osgood Creek-20250904161856

Latest:	31 Aug 2025 (7 mos ago)

Reported by:	RFontaine (351 reports)
Location:	Osgood Creek
Quality:	Great
Waterflow:	Moderate Low
Wetsuit:	Thin wetsuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:
Time:	10 hours

Team: 6 people with experience level Advanced

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Comments: Incredible lush green forests, deep canopy, sculpted green canyon.

We set off from camp in our packrafts at 7:30am (just about slack tide, which made for easy paddling). The water was flat and no wind. Following the coast, paddling 1.7mi to Osgood took us 40mins.

The tide was out and we stacked our boats high on the rocks above the water line. After 20 mins we set off into the dense woods following the KML track.

The environment here is very humid and jungly. Moss covered the forest floor and up the trees. Soft dense vegetation everywhere and thick canopy above!

Approach took us up to an old overgrown road which we followed quite a ways before dropping down to the cross the creek where we’d be exiting later that day. Back up the other side more raw moss covered forest and mild bush whacking over hills and along a ridge took us down to our drop in point. Approach took us 3hrs.

The canyon was gorgeous and green, many smooth sculpted sections, multiple falls and pools one after another. Water was warmer than expected 4/3 wetsuits were very comfortable and flow was moderate low. After 3.5hrs we arrived at the exit point where we had crossed the creek earlier that day, changed out of our suits and scrambled up the steep wooded slope to the long abandoned road above, following it back to our boats.

We timed our day just right back on the water at slack tide around 5:30, as it was starting to go out, yielding a carefree paddle back to camp.

Total time 10.5 hrs at a leisurely pace, including paddle to/from camp.

A couple of notes on this trip:

For a water taxi, we hired Kane who owns/operates Coastland Marine (250-937-1959) Him and his Husky Thor were wonderful, friendly, and punctual. Highly recommend going with him over the competing larger tour company.

We considered bringing hardshell ocean kayaks to help us navigate what we expected to be rough ocean current and wind. We ditched that idea last minute and were glad we did. They would have been challenging to deal with taking in/out at the rocky canyon inlets; our packrafts did just fine in the ocean and much easier to deal with being light weight.

We camped at the inlet of Seshal. The site is over grown with weeds but still habitable for camp, we even dragged an old giant rope spool up to make a table! Nearby Seshal Creek provided fresh water to filter and a temperate swimming hole to bathe in! Oceanside views of the forested mountains across the way were incredible and we sat by our propane fire pit every night and morning soaking them in!

Keep in mind, being that you dont actually have to hike your gear to camp, you are free to bring some camping luxuries you wouldnt normally have on a backpacking trip!

The peninsula is supposed to be well populated with black bears and grizzlies. Kane even told us he relocated a grizzly there months ago. We hung our food and toiletries high in the trees a ways down from camp every day/night. We never saw any bears (unfortunately) but saw plenty of bear scat.

Osgood was the first canyon of our 4 day trip, after which we ran Soda, then Seshal. We all agreed the order we did them in was perfect.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
31 Aug 2025	Great	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit		10 hours	6 people Advanced	RFontaine (351 reports)
Comment: Incredible lush green forests, deep canopy, sculpted green canyon. We set off from camp in our packrafts at 7:30am (just about slack tide, which made for easy paddling). The water was flat and no wind. Following the coast, paddling 1.7mi to Osgood took us 40mins. The tide was out and we stacked our boats high on the rocks above the water line. After 20 mins we set off into the dense woods following the KML track. The environment here is very humid and jungly. Moss covered the forest floor and up the trees. Soft dense vegetation everywhere and thick canopy above! Approach took us up to an old overgrown road which we followed quite a ways before dropping down to the cross the creek where we’d be exiting later that day. Back up the other side more raw moss covered forest and mild bush whacking over hills and along a ridge took us down to our drop in point. Approach took us 3hrs. The canyon was gorgeous and green, many smooth sculpted sections, multiple falls and pools one after another. Water was warmer than expected 4/3 wetsuits were very comfortable and flow was moderate low. After 3.5hrs we arrived at the exit point where we had crossed the creek earlier that day, changed out of our suits and scrambled up the steep wooded slope to the long abandoned road above, following it back to our boats. We timed our day just right back on the water at slack tide around 5:30, as it was starting to go out, yielding a carefree paddle back to camp. Total time 10.5 hrs at a leisurely pace, including paddle to/from camp. A couple of notes on this trip: For a water taxi, we hired Kane who owns/operates Coastland Marine (250-937-1959) Him and his Husky Thor were wonderful, friendly, and punctual. Highly recommend going with him over the competing larger tour company. We considered bringing hardshell ocean kayaks to help us navigate what we expected to be rough ocean current and wind. We ditched that idea last minute and were glad we did. They would have been challenging to deal with taking in/out at the rocky canyon inlets; our packrafts did just fine in the ocean and much easier to deal with being light weight. We camped at the inlet of Seshal. The site is over grown with weeds but still habitable for camp, we even dragged an old giant rope spool up to make a table! Nearby Seshal Creek provided fresh water to filter and a temperate swimming hole to bathe in! Oceanside views of the forested mountains across the way were incredible and we sat by our propane fire pit every night and morning soaking them in! Keep in mind, being that you dont actually have to hike your gear to camp, you are free to bring some camping luxuries you wouldnt normally have on a backpacking trip! The peninsula is supposed to be well populated with black bears and grizzlies. Kane even told us he relocated a grizzly there months ago. We hung our food and toiletries high in the trees a ways down from camp every day/night. We never saw any bears (unfortunately) but saw plenty of bear scat. Osgood was the first canyon of our 4 day trip, after which we ran Soda, then Seshal. We all agreed the order we did them in was perfect.